Iraq: 20 years on
Peter Stoddart reflects on the legacy of the Iraq War protests and draws parallels with the current imperialist war in Ukraine
Working-class women: Mona
This article is the first in a series on working-class women, highlighting the work and organising women across the world perform to alleviate hardships on their communities. This instalment features Mona, who works in her spare time distributing food to the poorest people of Ohio, USA. Mona explains the concept of food deserts, how they are not a problem of scarcity and poverty, but in fact manufactured by the US’ post-industrial city designs, which left some communities with inadequate food access
Education sector promises historic strike action
A fresh wave of strike action is coming to Britain’s education sector, as school and university staff fight years of below-inflation pay deals and worsening conditions.
Zahawi tax avoidance case shows strength of Westminster ruling class
Conservative Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi is at the centre of yet another row in Westminster this week – and is facing calls to resign – for lying about his finances and failing to declare a penalty he paid to HMRC.
Time for action: the cost of profits crisis and rising industrial militancy
“This ruling class offensive demands a working class counter attack, more determined, coordinated and effective than our generation has ever known”, writes YCL General Secretary Johnnie Hunter
Sunak’s new £2 billion for ‘levelling up’ won’t work
Rishi Sunak has announced the allocation of a second round of ‘levelling up’ funds to areas across the UK – building the appearance of affluent communities, while failing to address the real causes of poverty.
Westminster accounts reveal £183 million influencing UK politics
Research from Sky News and Tortoise has uncovered more than £183 million in donations and ‘earnings’ into British politics during this Parliamentary term.
Scottish trade unionists in Ukraine, 1951
Nathan Hennebry examines a 1951 report written by a delegation of Scottish trade unionists who travelled to Ukraine to learn about life as a worker under socialism
Haiti loses all elected government officials
Haiti’s last sitting Senators left office on Monday, January 9, leaving the country with no elected government officials. Much of Haiti’s legislature has sat empty since 2020, after planned elections failed to be completed, and now the country’s last 10 Senators have reached the end of their terms too.
Scottish Tories and SNP failing to address NHS crisis
In late December the Scottish Tories, the same people responsible for this crisis in the NHS, stated they are seeking ‘progressive’ leadership to address the “deepening crisis in Scotland’s NHS”.
